The Times cook book, no. 2

NO. 32. HARRIS CINNAMON ROLL. Mrs. D. Hail, 1309 Alvarado street, Los Angeles.— Roll a piece of pie pastry the size of a saucer, spread generously with butter, sprinkle with cinnamon; also sprinkle generouly with moist sugar, roll up, pinch edges and bake light brown. NO. 33. HERMIT. Mrs. J. Hollywood, 280 Henrietta Court, Pasadena, Cal.— Two cups granulated sugar, one scant cup butter, creamed together; two eggs, one cup sour milk, one level teaspoon soda, dissolved; one teaspoon cinnamon; one half teaspoon cloves, one cup of raisins, one cup or currants, nutmeg, four cups flour, two teaspoons baking powder. Grease the tins with lard; drop in large spoonful, do not level; bake In a quick oven. NO. 34. HICKORYNUT MACAROONS. Miss C. Hernstein, 2302 Budlong avenue. Los Angeles.—To hickorynuts pounded fine add mixed ground allspice and nutmeg; make a frosting as for cakes; stir in the meats and spices, putting in enough only to make it convenient to handle. Flour the hands and make the mixture into balls about the size of a nutmeg: lay them on tins well buttered, giving room to spread. Bake in a quick oven. Use washed butter for greasing tins. NO. 35. NO MATTER. M. F. B., 764 Towne avenue, Los Angeles.— Make a baking powder biscuit dough. Divide in three parts and roll thin, each the size of a tea plate. Fry in hot fat. Drain on paper to remove superfluous grease. While yet hot, cover one of the pieces with well-sweetened apple sauce, flavored with nutmeg. On this place the other layers with apple sauce between. Other sauce or fresh berries may be substituted for the apple sauce. This is a delicious, old-fashioned dish. NO. 36. ORANGE CRULLERS. Mrs. S. B. Parish, San Bernardino, Cal. — Beat four eggs until light, then beat in one cup of sugar. Add the grated rind of an orange, and half a nutmeg, grated; half a teaspoon of salt and a gill of sweet milk. Stir in gradually one quart of flour into which two teaspoons of baking powder are sifted. Roll thin, cut with a small round cutter. On one piece put a teaspoon of orange marmalade, cover with another piece of dough cut the same size as the first. Press the edges firmly together; fry in hot lard and when cold roll in powdered sugar. NO. 37. ORANGE ROLL. Mrs. L. A. Squires, Claremont, Cal.— One quart flour, three teaspoons baking powder, one teaspoon salt, two large tablespoons of butter, milk enough to make a dough as for biscuit: Roll out about half an inch in thickness. Have ready four large oranges, pared and taken out in sections, rejecting all the skin possible; add a few bits of butter and half cup of sugar, roll up and pinch the ends well together, and put in a deep baking dish; put bits of butter over it and sprinkle another half cup of sugar on top; add half a teacup of water and bake about one-half hour or less if oven is very hot. (Delicious. A Florida receipt.) NO. 38. PEANUT KISSES. Miss C. Hernstein, 2302 Budlong avenue, Los Angeles.— Shell and remove the brown skin from one quart of roasted peanuts; put through a nut grinder, or pound to a paste; add one-half pound powdered sugar and the unbeaten whites of four eggs. Beat all well together; drop by teaspoonfuls on paper; make in moderate oven until a golden brown.